Combined nut and bolt clipper



(No Model.)

G. S. NOEL'.

l `comns'mm) NUT AND BOLT GLIPPER.y y No. 598,954. Patented Feb.xl5, 1898.

lilllm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE S. NOEL, OF ORAB TREE, PENNSYLVANIA.

COIVIBINED NUT AND BOLT CLIPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,954, dated February 15, 1898.

i Application tiled May 19, 1.89.7. Serial No. 637,279. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE S. NOEL, residing at Crab Tree, in the county of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Combined 4Bolt and Nut Clipper, of which the following is a speciiication. v

My invention relates to a combined nut and bolt clipper; and it has for its Object to cut a nut from a bolt where it is impossible to remove the nut with a wrench Without in any manner destroying the bolt, and also to cut bolts.

My invention consists of a suitable frame having at one end thereof a pair of stationary cutters, the cutting edges of which are at right angles to each other, and at the other end the sliding knives, having the cutting edges correspondingly arranged, which are operated bya suitable plunger. The sliding knives have suitable means in connection with them for adjusting or regulating the sliding movement, so that any-sized nut may ge cut 0H any-sized bolt without cutting the olt.

My invention also consists of certain other details of novel construction that Will be hereinafter more fully described, and specically pointed out in the claims.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a nut and bolt clipper constructed in accordance With my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the frame and cutting-knife shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a transverse section takenon the line 5 5 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the stationary cutters.

and at one end thereof I secure the stationary cutters or knives by means of the screws D, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The stationary cutters or knives consist of the nut-knife E, which is preferably triangular-shaped, and of the bolt-knife F, which extends at right angles to the nut-knife E, and it is tapered or beveled, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6, vso as to have its cutting-face on one edge instead of in the middle. At the other end of the casing I arrange the plunger G, the extension G2 of which works between the projections C of the casing,while its head is provided with the curved recesses G', in which the cam-faces H of the operating-handles H' work, so that when the handles are moved up and down the plunger is forced in and out in order to operate the sliding knives.

yI-I2 represent yokes iitted on each sideof the frame and joining the ends of the journals of the handles II', so as to prevent any danger of the frame spreading when a great amount of pressure is brought to bear on the handles. Extending th rough the head of the plunger are the adjusting-screws I, which are connected to the sliding knives by means of the screws I', which Work in the ends of the knives and t in the groove I2, formed in the ends of the set-screws I. To further assist in regulating the movement of the cuttingknives, I provide one of the handles with a projection J 2 and the other with the set-screw J 3, which bears against the projection when the handles are brought together.

J and K represent the two sliding knives,

which Work between the ribs C and the flanges B and B. They are preferably as wide as the frame and each is provided with a cutting edge or face formed similar to the cutting edge of the stationary knife. The knife J, which is used for cutting nuts, (see Fig. 4,) has an outwardly-extending projection J4, which is for the purpose of vcutting nuts of eXtra thickness. j j

The operation of my device is as follows: The sliding movement of the knives is ad` justed by means of the set-screws I and the set-screws in the handle, so that when the handles are in the position shown in Fig. l the two knives will be in such a position that they will perform their work--that is to say, the knife K is adjusted so that when the IOO handles are brought together the edge thereof will be adjacent to the edge of the knife F, while the edge of the knife J will be near enough to the edge of the knife E to cut the nut from the bolt Without touching the bolt, as clearly shown in Fig. 4L. When the proper adjustment is had, the bolt or nut is placed l in the opening in the frame and between the knives, and the handles then operated to perform their work.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by a Letters Patent, is-

1. In a combined nut and bolt clipper, the combination of the frame provided with the anges at top and bottom, and with the ribs, stationary knives secured at one end of the frame, sliding knives at the other end of the frame and working between the anges and ribs, a plunger, adjustable connections be- 2o the sliding knives at the other end of the frame and having their cutting edges corresponding with the cutting edges of the stationary knives, and suitable means for operating the knives, substantially as shown and described.

GEORGE S. NOEL. Witnesses:

THoMAs GOMER, FRANK KIRCHNER. 

